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  • #16
    Allison--hope I didn't offend!! I just wanted a disclaimer in case you thought I was incredibly flaky. I guess I am, but I like to leave myself an out . I here ya about egomaniac PI's. I guess I should be glad I saved myself from that fate! Sorry to anyone else I may offend with the whole "you don't have kids" yet thing---it is just hard to communicate my feelings on that topic.

    Nellie--Great job, huh? Deep cleansing breaths, everyone--and pass the pinot grigio I'll try to catch up with how things are in Oregon from old posts. Hope they are going well there.
    Angie
    Gyn-Onc fellowship survivor - 10 years out of the training years; reluctant suburbanite
    Mom to DS (18) and DD (15) (and many many pets)

    "Where are we going - and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

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    • #17
      Originally posted by goofy
      Allison--hope I didn't offend!! I just wanted a disclaimer in case you thought I was incredibly flaky. I guess I am, but I like to leave myself an out . I here ya about egomaniac PI's. I guess I should be glad I saved myself from that fate! Sorry to anyone else I may offend with the whole "you don't have kids" yet thing---it is just hard to communicate my feelings on that topic.
      No, I totally understand. Far from flaky, you've put so much thought into this but it's still certainly not easy! I really really do understand that you are both "thrilled and distressed" at the world of opportunity available right now.

      It's not that I was or am offended, but I guess it did hit a spot...a sore spot for lack of a better term, but I spent a few minutes there very mopey about my current position in life. :| C'est la vie, I suppose! I know darned good and well I can only imagine the additional complications brought by actually HAVING the kids to take care of instead of just WORRYING and PLANNING for them, LOL!

      You know, just writing about it just gave me a huge paradigm shift. I think maybe instead of researching cute homes and good preschools everyplace that DH might possibly conceivably match, I need to be researching educational opportunities and career paths for myself in those locations. I feel like a right idiot continually planning for a career in motherhood when there are so freaking many contingencies that might ruin or severely delay that eventuality...

      Ye gawds, I'm mopey again. Where's my beer? :~
      Alison

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